10 Quotes & Sayings By Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown was born on July 7, 1956 in Elyria, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Akron in 1978 and a law degree from Cleveland State University in 1981. After clerking for a federal judge, he was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1982. From 1982 to 1984, Brown worked for then-Senator Howard Metzenbaum, and from 1985 to 1989, he worked for Congressman Dan Danford Read more

In 1990, Brown moved to the private sector as a staff attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor and then as an assistant general counsel for Amoco Corporation. In 1993, he returned to public service as staff director for Senator John Glenn and later as chief counsel for United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

In 1995, he was appointed by Governor George Voinovich to serve as U.S. representative of the International Trade Administration within the U.S. Department of Commerce.

After two terms in Congress, Brown was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004 and served there until his retirement in 2018; he is now Senior Counselor at Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck LLP and executive director of the Sherrod Brown Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at Youngstown State University College of Law where he teaches classes on civics and public policy issues facing Ohio families and businesses.

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The failure of one regional bank, assuming it is following a traditional model, will not threaten the entire system. Sherrod Brown
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It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home. Sherrod Brown
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If we expect to continue our leadership in the global economy, we must invest in a long-term transportation plan -f or both highways and transit programs. Too many of our roads, bridges, and railways have fallen into disrepair. Sherrod Brown
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Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it. Sherrod Brown
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Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet. Sherrod Brown
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We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building. Sherrod Brown
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Individual people shouldn't be fearful, because by and large our government, the federal government - people always talk; obviously, they don't trust the feds, whatever. The federal government and local communities have done a pretty good job at keeping us safe. Sherrod Brown
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The Ohio Legislature's passed a law to allow concealed weapons in day care centers, but interesting: this same Legislature, in its wisdom, doesn't allow concealed weapons in the statehouse. Sherrod Brown
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If we're going to pass international trade agreements, as we should, they should have similar kind of rules, not as high a wage as obviously as a steelworker in the U.S. or in Lorain, Ohio, but certainly rules on the environment and worker safety. You go to Mexico, you don't see those kinds of worker protections or environmental safeguards. Sherrod Brown